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Hepatitis

The term "hepatitis" is used for all types of inflammation in the liver (liver). The causes can be various, ranging from viruses or medicines, including traditional medicine. Virus hepatitis also have some type, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, C, D, E, F and G. Manifestation of disease due to hepatitis virus can be acute (hepatitis A) may also chronicles hepatitis (hepatitis B, C) and some which then become cancerous liver (hepatitis B and C).

Hepatitis A
Often hepatitis A infection in children does not cause symptoms, whereas in adults, the symptoms like as flu, feeling tired, fever, diarrhea, nausea, stomach pain, yellow eyes and loss of appetite. Symptoms disappeared completely after 6-12 days. People infected with hepatitis A will be immune to the disease. Unlike as the hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A infection does not continue to chronicle hepatitis.

Incubation period of it is 30 day. Contagion can for food or drink what get contaminated by patient's feces, for example, eating fruit, vegetables not cooked or a half-baked shell.
Currently there is hepatitis A vaccine, providing immunity for 4 weeks after the first injection, immunity to the required length of time the vaccine injection. Habitué drug addict and anal sex, including homosexual is a high risk of contracting hepatitis A.

Hepatitis B
Symptoms similar to hepatitis A, like as flu, namely the loss of appetite, nausea, feeling tired, eyes, yellow fever, and vomiting. Can spread through a syringe or a knife what get contaminated, blood transfusion and human bites.
Treatment with Interferon alfa-2b and lamivudine, and immunoglobulin containing antibody to hepatitis-B was given 14 days after exposure.
Hepatitis B vaccine that is safe and effective has been available since a few years ago. Which is the risk of contracting hepatitis B is habitué drug addict, who has many sexual pairings.

About hepatitis C will be another opportunity in the study.

Hepatitis D
Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) or delta virus is a unique virus that is not complete and to replicate need existence of virus hepatitis B. Transmission can for sexual relations, syringe and blood transfusion. Infectious diseases of hepatitis D is have variation, symptoms can appear as a lightweight (co-infection) or very progressive.

Hepatitis E
Symptoms similar with hepatitis A, rheumatic fever, tired, loss of appetite and stomach ache. Disease that will heal itself (self-limited), except when occurred in pregnancy, particularly third trimester, may kill.

Hepatitis F
Just a few cases that have been reported. At this time the experts have not agreed hepatitis F is separate disease hepatitis.

Hepatitis G
Similar symptoms of hepatitis C, infection often coincides with the hepatitis B and / or C. Does not cause hepatitis or hepatitis fulminan chronicles. Of transmission through blood transfusion syringe.

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